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Size | 3 items |
Abstract | Roger King attended the University of North Carolina from 1940 to 1943. The collection contains three films documenting life at the University of North Carolina, 1940-1943. The films are 8mm, black-and-white or color, with no sound and ranging from 10 to 15 minutes in length. They were shot in and around Chapel Hill, N.C., and on the campus of the University of North Carolina. They document University of North Carolina fraternity life, including Chi Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, pledges, rushing, and hell-week; University of North Carolina student life, including parties, banquets, dances, and the bar scene; University of North Carolina sports, such as football, baseball, track, tennis, and lacrosse; University of North Carolina holidays such as Student-Faculty Day and May Day; and the Old Well. |
Creator | King, Roger. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Samantha Leonard and Stephanie Stewart, December 2010
Encoded by: Samantha Leonard, December 2010
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Roger King attended the University of North Carolina from 1940 to 1943. He was most likely a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.
Back to TopThe Roger King Films collection contains three films documenting University of North Carolina life from 1940 to 1943. The three films are 8mm, black-and-white or color films, with no sound. The films F-5390/1-2 are black-and-white and color film spliced together. The films range from 10 to 15 minutes in length. Film titles and descriptions have been transcribed directly from the containers. These films were shot in and around Chapel Hill, N.C., and on the campus of the University of North Carolina. Footage documents University of North Carolina fraternity life, including Chi Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, pledges, rushing, and hell-week; University of North Carolina student life, including parties, banquets, dances, and the bar scene; University of North Carolina sports, such as football, baseball, track, tennis, and lacrosse; University of North Carolina holidays such as Student-Faculty Day and May Day; and the Old Well. The football teams featured are the University of North Carolina, Duke University, Wake Forest University, Fordham University, and the University of South Carolina.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Film F-5390/1 |
"UNC Part I", circa 1940-1941February 1941: practicing football, Tex, Cahs., and Bill Walker; Kim Harriman in a uniform; George Grotz; Student-Faculty Day; varsity football practice with Frank O'Hare; Pleuto, Rogers, and Scoop Mott Blair; the Old Well; Noe Cox and Dell Bush; Gerry Brucker and Greg Schultz; Frank Fulk; the Chi Phi house in the snow. March 1941: baseball on the Chi Phi lawn; Scoop Elmore batting; University of North Carolina track, lacrosse, and tennis; John Oliver playing tennis; Chi Phi baseball practice. April 1941: hell-week; boys on the Chi Phi roof; campus elections; "T-bone" Smith; Pat Patterson and Dick Railey; "a Taylor Maid"; Dick Farley. May 1941: Delta Kappa Epsilon baseball game; Phi Delta Theta and Chi Phi beer party at Hogan's Lake; Tony Pastor's Band; Chi Phi house party; Tex, Donovan, and Ellen Sheilds; George Grotz. |
Film F-5390/2 |
"UNC Part II", circa 1940-1942June 1941: house party banquet; Louis Jones and Dick Farley; Buddy Wills leaves Chi Phi; Brewstor Rogerson; Scoop and Tex in a cap and a gown. September to October 1941: washing the Chi Phi chimney; rushing; University of North Carolina versus University of South Carolina football; Peg Campbell and Donovan handstands; pledges and singing; a party after a hayride; University of North Carolina versus Wake Forest Univerisity football. November 1941: a Halloween party; Duke University versus the University of North Carolina football; portrait making at a Chi Phi bar. March to May 1942: hell-week; drunks, Smedberg, and Blackney; University of North Carolina track and Donovan; May Day and the marriage bureau of Chi Phi. |
Film F-5390/3 |
"UNC Part III", circa 1941-1942June to August 1942: senior week and barefooted; Pre-flight baseball versus Fort Bragg; Stu Morton and his barrier; the Chapel Hill High School fire. September 1942: a Chi Phi summer dance with Frank Wright and his Bull City Night Hawks, the band playing at the summer dance; North Carolina sunset, Fordham University game by remote control. October to November 1942: Duke University versus University of North Carolina football game; a party after the game; Buddy Wills in airplane. |